Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Record Electricity Demand in Florida as People Try to Stay Warm
January 11th, 2010Via: Florida Today: Demand for electricity across the bitterly cold Sunshine State has shattered Florida Power and Light’s all-time record. “This morning, we set a new all-time record peak load on the electrical system, with customers drawing more than 23,500 megawatt-hours of power,” said Sarah Marmion, FPL spokeswoman. “This breaks FPL’s previous peak record, which […]
British Pensioners Are Buying Cheap Used Books to Burn for Heat?
January 5th, 2010Via: CNBC: Some cash-strapped British pensioners are buying books from charity shops and burn them to keep warm as freezing temperatures gripped the UK, a London newspaper reported Tuesday. Workers at a charity shop in Swansea, in south Wales, told London newspaper Metro that pensioners were looking for thick books such as encyclopedias — which […]
China Clamps Down on Rare Earth Elements Exports
January 2nd, 2010Via: Independent: Britain and other Western countries risk running out of supplies of certain highly sought-after rare metals that are vital to a host of green technologies, amid growing evidence that China, which has a monopoly on global production, is set to choke off exports of valuable compounds. Failure to secure alternative long-term sources of […]
Murder of Antonio Ferrigno
December 28th, 2009Update 2: 1/1/2010: Trying to Get Reuters to Cover It I sent Reuters a note, letting them know about this and how there’s no mainstream coverage of the story in English. —End Update— Update 1: Cryptogon Reader Contributes English Translation of the Story Below: Thanks Domi: Murdered inhabitant of Rijswijk appears to be nuclear physicist […]
Naudin Confirms Some of Steorn’s Claims
December 28th, 2009No generator coils yet, but this is very interesting. Via: JNL Labs: A reversal of the polarity of the coils does not change the direction of rotation, When the rotor is manually braked, the supply current in the toroidal coils remains constant, There is no counter electromotive force (Back EMF) induced in the stator coils […]
Soviet Era Gas Drilling Mishap Resulted in Giant Pit That Has Been Burning Since 1971
December 28th, 2009Here’s one for your Cap and Trade file folder: More: Derweze
GULF OIL STATES LAUNCHING SINGLE CURRENCY
December 16th, 2009I’ll believe it when I see it. Anyway, maybe it will be backed by this thing: Via: Telegraph: The Arab states of the Gulf region have agreed to launch a single currency modelled on the euro, hoping to blaze a trail towards a pan-Arab monetary union swelling to the ancient borders of the Ummayad Caliphate. […]
Is the “Wonga” Running Out for Africa’s Mercenaries?
December 7th, 2009Via: Reuters: Africa’s infamous “dogs of war” may still be going strong, but it seems the rewards of the mercenary life aren’t quite what they used to be. Only this month, Britain’s Simon Mann won a pardon for his part in a foiled 2004 coup attempt on Equatorial Guinea, an old-style adventure whose glittering prize […]
Large Petroleum Products Market Participants Storing Distillates at Sea, Distorting the Demand Picture
December 3rd, 2009I like one of the comments on the source page: “You won’t see any boats loaded with gold stuck in the ocean.” HAR! Via: Globe and Mail / Reuters: Oil product tankers idling in quiet waters of the world’s oceans are unlikely to move on until well into 2010 when more refinery shutdowns could curb […]
